Withington Girls' School

It was named North West Independent School of the Decade by The Sunday Times in 2021. Withington consistently ranks as one of the top schools in the country for academic results.

• Name — Withington Girls' School • Motto — Ad lucem (Latin: "Towards the light") • Established — 1890 • Type — Private day school • Head Label — Headmistress • Head — S J Haslam • Address — Wellington Road • City — Manchester • Country — England • Postal Code — M14 6BL • Local Authority — Manchester • Enrolment — 727 • Capacity — 790 • Gender — Girls • Lower Age — 7 • Upper Age — 18 • Website — http: www.wgs.org/

Withington Girls' School was founded in 1890 by a group of eminent Manchester families who wanted the same educational opportunities for their daughters as were already available for their sons. Among the founders were Mrs Louisa Lejeune, the mother of C. A. Lejeune, C. P. Scott, Henry and Emily Simon, Miss Caroline Herford and Sir Adolphus Ward. There were four pupils in the beginning.

Over the years, the School has aimed to remain true in essence to the founders' principles. The school suffered a serious arson attack in August 2003, but took this as an opportunity to build new science labs, and has since built a new sixth form common room and additional classrooms.

The following subjects are available for all third form (first year/year seven) pupils: • English and English Literature • Maths • Two of French/German/Spanish • Latin • Chemistry • Biology • Physics • Physical Education • ICT • Food and Nutrition • History • Geography • Religious Studies • Drama and Theatre Studies • Art • Music As the girls move up the school, other subjects are available, including: • Greek • Classical Civilisation • Computer Science • Politics (Sixth Form only) • Economics (Sixth Form only) • Psychology (Sixth Form only) • Philosophy (Sixth Form only)

Withington won its first national lacrosse title at the 2022 National Schools competition when its U14 team claimed the top position.